Champions League Group H: Zenit and Valencia value for goal glut

Zenit St Petersburg v Valencia

• Champions League Group H
• Tuesday, November 24th
• Kick-off: 17:00 BST
• Petrovsky Stadium, St Petersburg
• Live on BT Sport 2

Goals galore in both sides

Zenit St Petersburg edged Valencia in a five-goal thriller in their previous Champions League encounter, and there are plenty of signs pointing to the net bulging with similar regularity again here.

The Russian Premier League side need a point to confirm themselves as pool winners, but are effectively that in all but nine, while the Bats need to beat their hosts in order to book their place in the knockout phase of Europe’s elite club competition.

While Coral make a repeat result of 3-2 in favour of Andre Villas-Boas’ Zenit a 33/1 shot, a home win with both teams being on target at a nifty 19/5 price is perfectly plausible and over 3.5 goals in the match is a terrific 3/1 chance. This is because of the fantastic form of the respective teams’ striking stars; Paco Alcacer and Artem Dzyuba.

Dangerous Dzyuba

Zenit and Russia international frontman Dzyuba has four strikes in as many Champions League group games and overall club stats of 14 goals in 23 outings.

Anytime odds of 6/5 reflect his purple patch but, having bagged a brace last time out in Europe against Lyon, a 6/1 price for two goals or more again could also be worth a wager.